Senate Republicans had a change in leadership this week after former Majority Leader Bill Dix resigned following video surfacing of him kissing a lobbyist in a Des Moines bar.

District 40 Senator Ken Rozenboom tells KNIA/KRLS News he was disappointed in the news, and said Dix did the right thing by resigning.

“I would describe the caucus emotions as a combination of total surprise and sadness, with some anger. To watch a long, successful political career end this way was painful,” he says.

Rozenboom describes Senate Republicans as “tight-knit” and a “bottom-up” caucus, and says the new leadership will keep the party’s direction largely intact. He says Senate Republicans are moving on full-steam ahead, considering the amount of work to be completed before the 2018 legislative session ends on April 17th.